I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike...

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Alright, I couldn't stand it. I had to take pics of my bicycle and post them.



Front view. I changed the handlebars, the brakes and wiring, and added brake clutches on top of handlebars. Schweeeet. Best ride ever.
Well, for the money I got it for, anyway.

ever hear of a Big Dog?

just beware of the whifflesniffers dag. they're a disgusting bunch.

I keep starting to hyperventilate, but I calm myself down with repeated mantras of the it's-well-worth-the-price and just-think-of-the-pounds-you'll-shed-not-eating-this-month type.

It is a beauty, thanks a million to Dag (and Yessica, by proxy) for the help.

I have low-end Specialized mountain bike, got it last summer.

There's woods near my place, and the few times I went riding with some friends, I'd be absolutely dead in about 15 minutes. I don't do any cardio at the gym, so I'm very out of shape that way. Then when I got my motorcycle, which came after the moutain bike, I got out on the bicycle less and less.

I gotta get out on it more though, if for nothing else to get some cardio in, since it's the only form I like. I do like riding bicycles though.

And, here's Dag's new saddle - the guy at customer service was fondling the seat while explaining it's virtues,whifflesniffers indeed. It has a 'love channel'.

Congrats on the new bike, littlek.

You'll be doing sweet jumps and wheelies in no time.

"Wider than typical race saddles for good support of a woman's sit bones."

Sit bones? Why dont' they just come out and say it's wider for the woman's ass?

Heehee.... sssshhhhh, don't say that to Dag!

So, we can get Slappy, Dag, maybe HM#1 and me on a bike ride.......?

Slappy is doing mtb. I ain't doing that ever again. Nobody will get me on a mountain bike since i broke my rib; or rather, it tore off from the ligament and slid under....<shudder>
but i'm in for a road ride any time of the year, any number of miles, any weather!

I want a nice bike, but I just can't rationalize the cost.

Maybe I can get BoGoWo to talk me into it. He's a bicycling activist here in Tranna, among his other interests.

Mr B and I bike quite a bit. I use a road bike and he uses a mnt bike. I have a hard time keeping up with him on the trails, but I can whip his butt on pavement. A couple years ago we did a trail/road trip to Wisc and back, about 60 miles total. I didn't feel like riding for awhile after that. We usually do a 12 mile loop a couple times/week.

I have been inspired by this thread to dig out one of my bicycles. I think I'll run behind the shed and see what I can dig up....

I won two bikes last year!

It was super exciting.

They're kinda crappy.

But I didn't know that until I googled 'em! They're pretty anyway!

Hope to make use of one of 'em as the weather gets warmer. E.G. already has a (much better) one, other is for sozlet I guess.

ehBeth, want a kind of crappy but purty bike?

As proof, she's riding home right now in the rain....

yup, and i made it. up that mother hill again, unharmed. just cannot stand the thought of my precious baby locked up outside in the rain, even though it's under a roof. poor baby.
and we ride tomorrow, yes, K?

I've got Diamondback's Response, which is pretty much their bottom dollar mountain bike. It also got equipped with a more supportive saddle. Ah, the joys of adjusting a seat by trial and error.

Mostly, I ride the riverwalk park, but stay off the nature trails except when I'm hoofing it. They dress the trails with wood chips, which includes Russian olive and it's murderous thorns. I got a rack to carry it on the car, and try to load it up at lunch time, and get the riding in on the way home.

Now, I'm fooling around with the idea of riding to and from work, though the hills are kind of daunting on the way home. Now, Cycloptichorn and I had a little discussion on carrying stuff on a bike. This is about the closest I could find to what he suggests. Input and better ideas are welcome.

So, why not rename the thread, and you'll have an a2k cycle thread.

Nice bikes guys :-D I use to have a nice Fugi, but it got stolen. Paid about $400 for that thing. I don't have a bike now, but I'll be getting one eventually after I go back to work :-D